C-CAP Cooking Competition for Scholarships Application

The C-CAP Competition Application is the first step towards consideration in the C-CAP Cooking Competition for Scholarships. Students must be selected to participate in each of the following steps:

• C-CAP Application
• C-CAP Preliminary Competition
• C-CAP Final Competition
  

Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must meet ALL of the requirements listed below in order be eligible for the C-CAP Cooking Competition for Scholarships:

• Applicant must currently attend a C-CAP partner public high school or after school program
• Senior applicants must have taken one (1) culinary course at the C-CAP approved high school or after school program (includes the course you are currently enrolled in), two (2) courses is preferred
• Junior applicants must currently be enrolled in a culinary course
• Applicant must be a Junior or Senior in high school, or must be enrolled in a GED program, or must have passed the GED test
• All GED applicants must have their GED scores on or before the date of the final competition
• Applicant must be 21 years old or younger
  

The C-CAP Competition application includes the following

• 2009-2010 C-CAP Competition Application Form
• Personal Essay and Drafts
• High School Transcript
• Two (2) Letters of Recommendations and Recommendation Forms
• Media Release Form
  

For a copy of the C-CAP Competition for Scholarships application, contact your local C-CAP Coordinator or download a copy from your local C-CAP office webpage. Please note: Applying does not automatically enter you in the cooking competition. You must be selected to compete.

Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted.

Photo credit: Suri Rosales and Zuleyma Rodriguez at the 2009 C-CAP Chicago Final Competition at Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago; photo taken by Tori Soper.